>It's a standalone fragment - not associated (and cannot be) with the main DOM (which, I believe, is the default context for JQuery).
>

So, you're saying you tried finding it by its name only and it didn't work, right?


>>Why you can not use what Craig posted? Why do you need to access it through the parent?
>>
>>Here are few samples from my code:
>>
>>

>>$(document).ready(function () {
>>    $(":input[data-autocomplete]").each(function () {
>>        $(this).autocomplete({ source: $(this).attr("data-autocomplete") });
>>    });  
>>
>>    $("form div input").focus(function () {
>>
>>        $("form div").each(function () {
>>            $(this).css("background-color", "white");
>>        });
>>
>>        $(this).parent().css("background-color", "#F2FAED");
>>        $(this).select();
>>        $('.SelectOnEntry').focusin(function () {
>>            $(this).select();
>>        });
>>    });
>>
>>    $("input:text")
>>        .focus(function () { $(this).select(); })
>>        .mouseup(function (e) { e.preventDefault(); });
>>});
>>

>>
>>
>>
>>>I know how to manipulate it - the problem is that I cannot get a reference to it. Note 'content' in this case is not the default context (the dom document) but a seperate html fragment and $(content).find('#trapName') returns zero results....
>>>
>>>>You can address the element directly
>>>>
>>>>$("#trapName")
>>>>
>>>>If you want to get the value, use
>>>>var value = $("#trapName).val();
>>>>
>>>>To set the value
>>>>$("#trapName).val("New value");
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I think there is something wrong with my understanding of JQuery (which is pretty elemental at best).
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a fragment of html. Jquery sees it as this:

$(content): jQuery.fn.jQuery.init[3]
>>>>>0: h2
>>>>>1: text
>>>>>2: input#trapName
>>>>>length: 3
>>>>>__proto__: Object[0]

so I thought I could access the input element with

$(content).find('#trapName')

but it finds nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any clues. Note this fragment is not in the DOM - but should that matter?